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  • What quiz based chess like game is this?I remember this game from the Spectrum era, but actually I played it on my friends' Amstrad CPC 464. I'm sure it was on the Speccy too though, and pr…

    ... game was played on a chess board rotated 45 degrees. There ...
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay March 2013 Games
  • Multicolor chess?I thought multicolor chess pieces would be a good idea, since it's easy to fit a 8x8 chessboard within the 9x9 tile area of BIFROST*. However this tu…

    I thought multicolor chess pieces would be a good ... . Perhaps the problem is that chess pieces are supposed to have ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas August 2013 Development
  • Get rid of 'Bytes:' when loading codeHow do you hide the 'Bytes:' when loading code? I've tried saving as CHR$ 22 + CHR$ 6+ CHR$ 0 (a blank part of the loading screen) but it still appe…

    How do you hide the 'Bytes:' when loading code?

    I've tried saving as CHR$ 22 + CHR$ 6+ CHR$ 0 (a blank part of the loading screen) but it still appears at 3,0 and disrupts my screen!
    daveysludge daveysludge December 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Coder creates smallest chess game for computers[URL="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31028787"]Interesting article[/URL] from the BBC about "A French coder has developed what is thought to be t…

    ... to be the smallest-sized chess computer program"...

    The ... .org/wiki/1K_ZX_Chess"]1K ZX Chess[/URL] for the last 33 ...
    jp jp January 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Chess on the ZX Spectrum<p>Which was the ultimate Chess Program for the ZX Spectrum?</p><p><br></p><p>Was there a superior version for the 128 K models that made good progra…

    Which was the ultimate Chess Program for the ZX Spectrum?< ... against a modern dedicated Electronic Chess Set, the VIC 20 easily ... have never beaten Sargon II Chess (VIC 20), but I have ... beaten my electronic chess set.
    I have also ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 May 2015 Games
  • Chess VariationsI think a good idea would be to have a Spectrum Chess game with all the good variations in : like the Andernach chess variation which is listed in …

    ... be to have a Spectrum Chess game with all the good ... variations in : like the Andernach chess variation which is listed in ... Wikipedia . I have not played Chess for a while bu this ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio September 2015 New game ideas
  • The first Spectrum ChessI checked a little bit, which was first published chess program for the Spectrum. I narrowed the choice to Spectrum Chess (Artic) or Chess Player (Q…

    ... , which was first published chess program for the Spectrum.
    Chess (Artic) or Chess Player (Quicksilva).
    ... it seems that the Artic chess is the first, but of ... old thread, where the Artic chess ranked among the earliest Spectrum ...
    Pegaz Pegaz September 2015 Games
  • New ZX81 1k chess.As per title a new 1k chess program that allows castling En-passant plus under promotion, and unlike the game released last year for PC doesn't cheat…

    ... per title a new 1k chess program that allows castling En ...
    moggy moggy February 2016 Games
  • spectrum chess IIHi, I'm looking for background information on spectrum chess II written by a.c. thornton. Does anyone have contact information for mister Thornto…

    ... for background information on spectrum chess II written by a.c ...
    Folkert Van Heusden Folkert Van Heusden February 2017 Games
  • Chess games with demo ?With scrabble, I occasionally (the Sinclair Psion version as that seems nice enough) and its colourful, occasionally set it to play itself with a fe…

    ... 't seem to find a Chess game (and a draughts game ... half thought the Psion Sinclair Chess offered this but memory must ...
    spider spider August 2017 Games
  • Isometric enginesWhilst taking a breather from Chess development I've been playing around with a little isometric 'room' building idea. Just wondering what sort of…

    Whilst taking a breather from Chess development I've been playing ... isn't much bigger in bytes than actually reading the sprite ...
    Arkannoyed Arkannoyed November 2017 Development
  • Rainbow Python (with code length less than 150 bytes).[url="http://zx-pk.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=64971&d=1523562006"]Original with 93 bytes of main code.[/url] ([url="http://zx-pk.ru/threads/290…

    ... ;d=1523562006"]Original with 93 bytes of main code.[/url] ([url ... modification 1 (without texture, 145 bytes of main code).[/url]
    bytes of main code).[/url]
    weiv weiv April 2018 Games
  • Chess engine championshipsI've been following progress of Lc0, or Leela Chess Zero. It's a neural network that has taught itself to play chess. 9 months old now, and it's pr…

    ... progress of Lc0, or Leela Chess Zero. It's a neural ... has taught itself to play chess.
    9 months old now ...
    FrankT FrankT January 2019 Chit chat
  • ZEsarUX 9.1New ZEsarUX stable version 9.1 :) You will find, as always, compiled versions for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac and Windows. The source code is available,…

    ... ZX Desktop fill types: RainbowAlive, Chess, Grid, Random
    -Improved input ... lenght usually longer than 128 bytes
    -Fixed loading executable files ...
    chernandezba chernandezba November 2020 Emulators
  • Chess Machines?I was very young when I discovered the game of chess. Actually, it was my grandfather who introduced it to me. I remember it was a vinyl mat with…

    ... do remember seeing sets of chess for sale, some really ... , marble or metal but not chess "machines".

    So ... .uk/003248/Handheld/Fidelity-Phantom-Chess-Machine-Boxed

    ... , can anyone remember other dedicated chess machines?
    (Yes I ...
    Renegade Renegade October 2022 Chit chat
  • Another Free Ebay Day ;- Link to 300+ ?1.50 all in[url="http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=cornishdavey&include=0&since=-1&sort=2&rows=200&rdir=0"]http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/w…

    ... /> Son of Blagger
    Spectrum Chess
    Starclash

    ...
    IS
    Cyrus is Chess

    Kixx
    Barbarian ... x 2

    Magic Bytes
    Pink Panther

    ZX Chess 2 ? Artic
    ZX Chess 2 Different Cover ...
    Cornishdavey:)) Cornishdavey:)) January 2004 Sales
  • Games that could do with running faster, without affecting the timer, the music or the controlsRegarding the topic on the emulation forum, what Spectrum games do you think would benefit from a speed boost? Nowadays, most of us play Spectrum gam…

    ... hacked to contain the two bytes or so for each instruction ... thinks, in games such as Chess, Scrabble or mined out. Starstrike ...
    speccy8 speccy8 April 2006 Games
  • Questions and answers...I'm bored (downloading some Unreal Tournament levels, when they've finished I'm off to scoff my tea), so I thought I'd create this topic with some Ea…

    ... . Did anyone ever play 1K Chess on the ZX81? Was this ... a real implementation of Chess, or was it cut down ... large was the program (in bytes)? Is this the best peice ...
    ADJB ADJB July 2006 Chit chat
  • 1K ZX ChessIt's a great surprise to discover that there were a guy who programmed a chess game for the ZX81 with only 1K! of memory. His name was David Horne. …

    ... this is a game of chess then I don't know ... .[/quote]

    About 650 bytes for the whole code. Rest ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP December 2008 Games
  • ZX81 more powerful than the Speccy?I have been reading ?The ZX Spectrum Book 1982 - 199x? by Andrew Rollings (thanks again, Andrew - it?s a great read!). There are some comments in the…

    ... screen memory takes up 768 bytes of that during the game ... , leaving 256 bytes for program code and graphics ... />
    More information about 1K Chess is here:

    [URL ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2010 Games
  • New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…

    ... certainly does! Someone has done chess in 1k of C with ... /1kchess/"]1K ZX Chess[/URL] (with actually only 672 bytes) even more ... ://js1k.com/demo/750"]Tiny Chess[/URL].
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas September 2010 Development
  • Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…

    ... />
    1- A: Title: Chess (-info for more)
    2 ... 807s
    5- 1EE: Bytes : T Length: 19 Normal Speed ... : Picture
    Length: 47242 bytes
    Total tape duration: 92 ...
    Fred Fred April 2011 Emulators
  • Tape preservation toolsIn the latest MakeTZX thread of doom several people said that it would be good to have active development of tape decoding tools. I needed tape file…

    ... see header information like "Program : CHESS" or loader type information like ... acsertain whether to print Program: Bytes: etc.
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2011 Emulators
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    ... make a full screen attribute chess board? My code below seems ... clever solution. This is 30 bytes, I suppose using djnz would ...
    R-Tape R-Tape July 2012 Development
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    ... make a full screen attribute chess board? My code below seems ... clever solution. This is 30 bytes, I suppose using djnz would ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2012 Development
  • Chessboard and piecesLast night for no particular reason I made a chessboard and pieces. [url=https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9498358/chessboard.szx]Chessboard[/url] [img]https…

    ... graphics etc, then nick the chess logic part from another game ... . All written in about 60 bytes with some lookup tables and ... about 1200 bytes for all the pieces and ...
    jamorski jamorski July 2012 Development
  • Chessboard and piecesLast night for no particular reason I made a chessboard and pieces. [url=https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9498358/chessboard.szx]Chessboard[/url] [img]https…

    My chess pieces and board were like that but rotated 45 degrees. I think my sprites and board only took up about 4k and then the routine to display was about 70 bytes with 64 byte position table. Plenty of room left to have a good sized game logic engine.
    jamorski jamorski July 2012 Development
  • Space Invaders in 512b[url]http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=59570[/url] Not bad for half a K!

    ... /> [I]The game implements most chess rules (castling, queening, and en ... . The code uses only 672 bytes of RAM[/I]

    Zoffy Zoffy July 2012 Games
  • What?s on your C90?Hellloooo! Here I am, having a good old sort out of over 200 &#8220;non-original&#8221; or, "blank" cassettes from various sources. Yes, it&#8217;s…

    Bytes : Advent D

    Grrrrr. ... ones own time?

    Bytes : AdventB

    Here, presumably ... . Towers unscaled.

    Program : Chess

    LOADING-Leave your ...
    chrisgoodhead chrisgoodhead September 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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